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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 62

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following is/are counted among the Movement poets?

  1. Philip Larkin
  2. Kingsley Amis
  3. Ted Hughes
  4. Allen Ginsberg

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Correct answer: (A) Philip Larkin; (B) Kingsley Amis

Explanation

The Movement was a group of English poets of the 1950s that included Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis (with Donald Davie, D. J. Enright and others). Ted Hughes is generally placed outside it, and Allen Ginsberg was an American Beat poet.